US comedy in which two female con artists compete to outdo one another.
Dismal remake.
A gender-switch reboot of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels co-starring Rebel Wilson is catastrophically unfunny.
Reversing the lead’s genders ultimately fouls up the scheme.
Instead of empowering them to get their hands dirty, The Hustle pulls a fast one on its leading ladies. By forgetting to bring the funny, it sets them up for a spectacular fall.
The Hustle buckles under the overbearing weight of its own vulgarity. Avoid the dirty rubble by all means. An embarrassment to the heist genre, an insult to all existing comedies, a disgrace to feminism.
Anne Hathaway steals the comic honours in this gender-swap version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
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